Propellor shaft woes

[Peter Berrevoets]

Having had the oppportunity to obtain a new centre bushing from Javad and an
SKF bearing, I took the time do do the centre bearing re+re.

To my serious displeasure I discovered that the cv joints at both ends where
so badly worn, thaat they were causing the ringing sound that I assumed was
coming from my sagging centre bushing. Having access to another propshaft
with cvs' in good condition, I swapped the cvs and fitted the new bearing
and bushing.

Herein lies my nightmare. No amount of messing with the shaft alignment or
balancing of the shaft has had much effect on a vibration that makes the car
almost undriveable over 90 kph.  I'm getting ready to bite the bullet and
buy a new shaft or hopefully find a good used one.

Looking for any advice from the list on relatively local (Southern Ontario
Canada or Upper New York State - I am flexible beyond that but closer is
preferred =( ) sources for a new-cheap or good used propellor shaft.

The one benefit from this whole mess is a stint on the highway (300 km) at
~95kmh gave me a fuel consumtion figure of 7.1 litres per 100 km, something
I didn't think was possible in this car. The best I had done previously was
an 8.9, both verified by fuel receipt and kilometre records.

Suffice it to say the car is my daily driver, feels like a piece of crap and
I need to get it fixed =(.  I'm getting really good at pulling this thing in
and out having done it five times now...

TIA

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ
Toronto, Canada
http://frontpage.home.net/pjberr/

Javad - what has been the collective experience on the delrin centre bearing
bushing when installed correctly? I'm getting everyone who sees the set-up
saying that it's too rigid and will never be vibration free. Any other
installs into a 200Q or other torsen equipped car?